Car-coupling



(No Model.)

A. S. WEAKLEY.

GAR COUPLING.

No. 431,240. Patented July 1,1890.

ll llll'L WITNESSES .llttorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT SIDNEY 'WEAKLEY, OF EDWARDS, FLORIDA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,240, dated uly 1, 1890. I Application filed May 6, 1890. Serial No. 350,735. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT SIDNEY \VEAK LEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Edwards, in the county of Gadsden and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CauCouplings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to car--couplings and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the coupling devices at the end of the car, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same from above.

As the coupling devices are alike upon each end of the car, the description will be confined to one end.

A is a portion of the end of a car, and B is the central coupling-bumper provided with the link-pocket Z) in the ordinary manner.

0 is the link adapted to be inserted in said pocket when the cars are pushed together, and c is the coupling-pin adapted to be passed through the link and bumper.

D are side bumpers, and cl is a crossbar extending across the tops of the side and central bumpers.

E are guide-bars projecting from the end of the car, and e are coiled springs surrounding the said guide bars and pressing the cross-bar forward and away from the car.

F are striker-plates secured to the ends of the cross-bar and depending in front of the side buffers, and f are plates secured to the front of the cross-bar and resting edgewise upon the central bumper upon each side of the coupling-pin.

G is a cross-piece secured to the top of the coupling-pin and normally resting upon the plates f, and g is a handle for raising the pin.

H are guides secured to the central bumper upon each side of the cross-piece G, so that the coupling-pin may be moved vertically to pass through the holes in the central bumper.

Nhen the cars are pushed together, the link which is carried by one bumper is pushed into the pocket of the opposed central bumper I in the usual manner. The plates F of the opposed couplings strike together, and the cross -bars cl are pushed back against the pressure of the springs behind them until the said side bumpers come together with the two striker-plates between them. The rearward movement of the cross-bar withdraws the plates f from under the cross-piece G and permits the coupling-pin to drop through the holes in the central bumper and engage with the link.

The cars are uncoupled by merely raising the coupling-pin by means of its handle. The cross-bar is held in its rearward position by the pressure of the edges of the plates f against the cross-piece G until the couplingpin is raised to its full extent, when the crossbar is again forced forward by the pressure of the springs behind it and the coupling-pin is supported in its raised position by the said plates f.

That I claim is- 1. In a car-coupling, the combination, with the central coupling-bumper, of thecouplingpin provided with a cross-piece, the vertical guides secured to said bumper and engaging with the said cross-piece, the spring-actuated cross-bar provided with striker-plates at its ends, and the vertical plates secured to the cross-bar and sliding on the top of the bumper upon each side of the coupling-pin, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a car-coupling, the combination, with the central coupling-bumper and the two side bumpers, of the coup1ing-pin provided with a cross-piece, the vertical guides for said crosspiece, the guide-bars projecting from the end of the car, the cross-bar sliding on said guidebars, the springs behind the cross-bar, the striker-plates depending from said cross-bar in front of the side bumpers, and the vertical plates for sustaining the coupling-pin, secured to the said cross-bar and sliding upon the top of the central bumper, substantially as set forth. 7

In testimony whereof I aftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT SIDNEY WEAKLEY.

Witnesses:

D. H. GILBOURN, ANGUS NICHOLSON. 

